Leave the seed-heads on the plant for winter structure, and cut them back as new growth starts in spring. The flowers are very attractive to bees and butterflies. From August to October, dense, flat heads of tiny flowers appear, green at first, then salmon-pink, before deepening to a rich brick-red in autumn, and eventually brown. The succulent, ovate, leaves are pale greyish-green, emerging early in spring. This is an upright, bushy, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial, larger than many ice plants. There are hundreds of Hylotelephium cultivars and hybrids to pick from.A plant with a confusion of name changes, better known as Sedum Autumn Joy but also known as Hylotelephium telephium 'Herbstfreude'. Standing for months, their faded flowers and seed heads provide a colorful display in late fall and winter, even under snow caps. They look particularly attractive with Asters, Solidago (Ornamental Golden rods), Boltonias and Ornamental Grasses. Undemanding, not aggressive, with fleshy, drought resistant foliage and lovely domed flowerheads packed with a profusion of tiny starry flowers, opening to white, pink or red blossoms in late summer or early fall, they are a popular attraction to butterflies. Award-winner Sedum 'Herbstfreude' or 'Autumn Joy' in English is probably one of the best of all border sedums. Members of the genus Hylotelephium, border sedums are essential beauties for the late season garden and deserve a spot in gravel gardens.
Tolerates very light shade and poor soils.
SEDUM AUTUMN JOY FULL
Best grown in full sun, in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils.Effective when planted en masse or in groups. Provides color and contrast to beds, borders or rock garden at a time when most plants have stopped blooming.The plant's gray-green succulent leaves look lush all summer. The blooms gradually change to deep rose-red and finally turn coppery-rust in autumn. Its large clusters of tiny, starry flowers emerge pink in late summer, drawing all kinds of pollinators. Both foliage and dead inflorescences will remain attractive through winter, providing some additional interest. A classic garden perennial, 'Autumn Joy' sedum will add color to your yard from spring to fall.Gradually, these densely clustered buds will reveal tiny, star-like soft raspberry pink flowers in mid to late summer, which will softly change to rich rose and then coppery-rust in the fall as they die. Easy to grow, this standout perennial forms a 2 feet tall and wide (60 cm) clump of thick, fleshy blue-green foliage topped with flower buds resembling broccoli. You can grow it as a houseplant, but honestly, it doesn’t bloom great and is much happier outdoors, soaking up the heat and humidity of summer.Though it can also grow to be as small as 1 foot and as big as 3 feet in height and width. The shape of the entire plant is pretty round and will grow somewhere between 18 and 24 inches (1 1/2 to 2 feet) wide.
Hylotelephium spectabile 'Brilliant' stands out with blooms that are a truer pink than most sedum flowers. Growing Autumn Joy sedum in the garden Its overall height reaches 24 inches (2 feet) tall on average. It blooms in the fall with tiny pink or rusty red flowers.
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